Gov Scott Walker’s Wisconsin Has No Budget For Voter ID
Three state agencies in Wisconsin who are tasked with implementing voter ID for the Nov. 4 election say they have no additional money set aside to help voters and state workers comply with the newly reinstated requirement. In addition, there is no money for public information or an outreach campaign.
According to spokesmen for the three state agencies — the Government Accountability Board, the Division of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Health Services — they are using existing staff and resources to handle the demand.
Laurel Patrick, a spokeswoman for Gov. Scott Walker, said the state has no estimate of how much it will cost to implement voter ID.
Patrick claims her office has worked “extensively” with the DMV, which issues IDs, the state health department, which handles Wisconsin birth certificates, and the GAB, which runs elections, to ensure that voters without proper identification can get it.
“We are monitoring the volume of requests,” Patrick said, “and have plans in place to add additional staff if needed.”
Wisconsin State Journal reports:
But Jay Heck, executive director of Common Cause in Wisconsin, said the lack of money devoted by the state appears to be a deliberate attempt to make it difficult for voters to comply with the requirement.
“The way to sow maximum confusion is to not make information available,” Heck said. “It is confusing — deliberately so.”
On Friday, two groups that had tried unsuccessfully to overturn the voter ID law went back to the Wisconsin Supreme Court to ask that the requirement be delayed until after the Nov. 4 election to give voters more time to get the proper identification….
Albrecht said 1,500 city poll workers trained over the summer will have to be retrained before Nov. 4, along with 300 to 400 extra workers “to make sure it (voter ID) does not bottleneck voting sites on Election Day.” About 50,000 absentee ballot envelopes also will have to be reprinted, he said.“From an election administration standpoint, we can implement voter ID,” Albrecht said. “But from a voter standpoint, there is not proper time to educate all voters … and ensure they’re also able to cast a ballot on Election Day.”
One longtime Madison voter and poll worker, Gene Bliss Gay, said she was confused about whether she needed an ID to vote. She is 85 years old, doesn’t drive and has limited mobility. That means she qualifies as an “indefinitely confined” person who can vote absentee without sending in a copy of an ID.
“I worked the elections for 20 years with three other ladies. We never had a single problem,” Gay said. “I think this whole thing is asinine and a big waste of money.”
It’s going to be another nasty election season in Wisconsin. A group of self-deemed militia members plan to go to the voting lines to harass African American Democrats.
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rg9rts September 21st, 2014 at 14:07
Typical gopee if you can’t cheat then keep the $$$$ and derail the voter’s rights.
rg9rts September 21st, 2014 at 14:07
Typical gopee if you can’t cheat then keep the $$$$ and derail the voter’s rights.
NW10 September 21st, 2014 at 14:08
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Linda1961 September 21st, 2014 at 14:11
A waste of time and money to solve a problem that doesn’t exist…
Linda1961 September 21st, 2014 at 14:11
A waste of time and money to solve a problem that doesn’t exist…
William September 21st, 2014 at 14:24
Because…..Derp, that’s why.
William September 21st, 2014 at 14:24
Because…..Derp, that’s why.
m2old4bs September 21st, 2014 at 14:29
Wow, and people are still proud to be GOP!??! Deliberate? Absolutely! Asinine? Completely! Waste of time and money? You betcha! Come on Wisconsin. You are better than this!
m2old4bs September 21st, 2014 at 14:29
Wow, and people are still proud to be GOP!??! Deliberate? Absolutely! Asinine? Completely! Waste of time and money? You betcha! Come on Wisconsin. You are better than this!
eddie1247 September 21st, 2014 at 14:32
If this guy had freckles and red hair he could pass for howdy doody.
GreatLakeSailor September 21st, 2014 at 18:33
with the soul of Chuckie.
eddie1247 September 21st, 2014 at 14:32
If this guy had freckles and red hair he could pass for howdy doody.
GreatLakeSailor September 21st, 2014 at 18:33
with the soul of Chuckie.
Skydog2 September 21st, 2014 at 14:33
All the time & money spent complaining about voter ID laws could be redirected to helping people obtain IDs.
Rusty Shackleford September 21st, 2014 at 15:07
All the time and money spent attempting to implement voter ID laws seems out-of-character for those who profess “small government” and “fiscal conservatism.” Pardon me if I consider their motives suspect, especially since they’ve thus far failed to prove the existence of the problem they’re attempting to “solve.”
William September 21st, 2014 at 15:11
“All the time & money spent complaining about voter ID laws”.
In my country (the USA), one can complain for free.
How much does it cost to complain in your country?
StoneyCurtisll September 21st, 2014 at 15:20
Derp.
StoneyCurtisll September 21st, 2014 at 15:26
Of course you didn’t read the article…
If you had you would have noticed this…
“Municipal clerks in Wisconsin’s two largest cities say they will spend
thousands of dollars and hire hundreds of poll workers in the next few
weeks to ensure that voters have the proper government-issued photo
identification when casting their ballots”..
This shoots down your “time and money spent complaining” pseudo-argument.
Skydog2 September 21st, 2014 at 14:33
All the time & money spent complaining about voter ID laws could be redirected to helping people obtain IDs.
Rusty Shackleford September 21st, 2014 at 15:07
All the time and money spent attempting to implement voter ID laws seems out-of-character for those who profess “small government” and “fiscal conservatism.” Pardon me if I consider their motives suspect, especially since they’ve thus far failed to prove the existence of the problem they’re attempting to “solve.”
William September 21st, 2014 at 15:11
“All the time & money spent complaining about voter ID laws”.
In my country (the USA), one can complain for free.
How much does it cost to complain in your country?
StoneyCurtisll September 21st, 2014 at 15:20
Derp.
StoneyCurtisll September 21st, 2014 at 15:26
Of course you didn’t read the article…
If you had you would have noticed this…
“Municipal clerks in Wisconsin’s two largest cities say they will spend
thousands of dollars and hire hundreds of poll workers in the next few
weeks to ensure that voters have the proper government-issued photo
identification when casting their ballots”..
This shoots down your “time and money spent complaining” pseudo-argument.
M D Reese September 21st, 2014 at 14:36
The GOPTP is not just the party of “Hell No!” They are the party of deliberately suppressing the minority vote by any way possible. I hope that the UN sends in observers to watch our polls this fall.
M D Reese September 21st, 2014 at 14:36
The GOPTP is not just the party of “Hell No!” They are the party of deliberately suppressing the minority vote by any way possible. I hope that the UN sends in observers to watch our polls this fall.
Daniel Jacobsen September 21st, 2014 at 15:00
I really shouldn’t be reading shit like this ……. Ggggggrrrrrrr. !!!!!!!!
StoneyCurtisll September 21st, 2014 at 15:34
Imagine that…
Impose voter ID laws…
And not fund the people responsible for implementing those laws..
And they deny they are suppressing voters?
StoneyCurtisll September 21st, 2014 at 15:34
Imagine that…
Impose voter ID laws…
And not fund the people responsible for implementing those laws..
And they deny they are suppressing voters?
Billy Jackson September 21st, 2014 at 16:00
f’ing idiot should be in jail! If Wisconsin can’t comply with their own self-imposed law, then it should be thrown the f$ck out!